Thanks Carol, Ibrahim and Eleanor – I’m glad others have found this a frustration too. I have fairly adequate sighted help but might contact the RNIB when I’ve exhausted the other options suggested. I thought with sighted help I had enabled the input source only but it still seems to change and revert to the last channel used. It’s clear thta the HDMI options works sometimes but my only concern is that I don’t have a faulty box which when they’ve all gone will not be replaceable. I’m going to experiment by using it on another TV and see if the HDMI option can be reproduced. If it is not then it’s likely it’s my TV that’s the problem in that it can’t hold the HDMI input. I think the TVonics is great and want to get the best out of it. Just one last thought – I find that the scart connection is good because it seems to control the TV channel and set it each time the Tvonicscomes on. Although I have no sight and my wife minimal and we thereofre don’t really need the screen, if I were to record a programme in High Definition, would it get relayed through the scart connection or does it only work with the HDMI one. Although we don’t need it, some of our visitors might benefit from it. Thanks again for all your help. Gordon From: Eleanor Burke Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 9:20 AM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics and starting up I wonder if you have considered sighted help which I understand the RNIB say they can provide with ensuring it is all set up correctly. ----- Original Message ----- From: G. McFarlane To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 12:40 AM Subject: [access-uk] TVonics and starting up Hi Does anyone have the same problem as me, and also can someone perhaps help with a difficulty my wife and I have. 1. First of all, I find that when the TVonics has been left for a few hours and I switch on, I just can’t get a channel. I had to get sighted help yesterday to get things moving. I normally start my TV then press the standby button on the TVonics – using the HDMI cable it worked well until a few days ago. I’m wondering if there might be a design fault in the Tvonics that makes the signal through the HDMI output and/or cable erratic I tried loads of options between my TV and the TVonics and couldn’t get it to work. I then tried the scart conne ction and it did work. I then put the HDMI cable into another TV with the TVonics and it worked, so when I returned it to the Tvonics and my original TV, it worked again. Today however I’m back in the same position and have to use the scart to get a signal to the TV. The HDMI wire is OK, – the options are perhaps my TV isn’t taking the signal properly or the HDMI output on the Tvonics is somehow erratic in letting a signal out. If anyone has any thoughts I’d be glad to know before going back to the RNIB. 2. Sccondly, because of all this, my wife and I (both blind) have great difficulty in starting the box in HDMI mode and wnder if we’re doing the right thing. We’re only using the standby button – are there other buttons we need to press to make the signal come through? e.g. the on off button. If the Tvonics is put onto standby mode when we go to bed, do we only need to press the standby button the next day to get things started. It’s something that should be easy to figure out, but we’ve had great difficulties getting it right. The other problem is that our TV has a number of inputs and when on HDMI it doesn’t seem to automatically go to that input when we turn on the TVonics. It shouldn’t be a problem as we don’t use any of the other channels and so it should default to the last one used, but because we don’t appear to be getting a signal when we switch on, we sometimes try the input channels just in case they’ve changed.. It can lead to an hour or so of frustration before getting anywhere. It’s possible that our Tvonics is faulty, so I’m asking for general wisdom before going to the RNIB. Thanks. gordon McFarlane. www.upliftfm.com Download our own app from the website or tune in on the move with tune in: www.tunein.com Check out our sister site Uplift Christian Fellowship: www.ucf-worldwide.com Online Worship Service: Sundays at 8.30am, 11.30am & 8.30pm "The best half hour in the week"